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vercly felt the effeas of this advantage. Austria will show to the world that they who have on their F , (le justice, the love of their country, and perse verance, can at least counterbalance it; it has, be boundg. Anterior events prove it, u well Js the memorable efforts of our soldiers in the first wet:ici of the present campaign. Vial* has smiled upon us on a great nwuber of points, and glory has not abandoned us: even where the first resistance was to obstinate to us to make an immediate. progress. " In a conflid like this; there is no calamity ) no loss which may not be repaired, ,as long as the na tion shall maintain the attitude she has assumed, and not abandon her noble resolution. " Placing entire confidence in the constant firm- • ness or a faithful and tried people, and willing to . leavu nn doubt concerning the sentiments with which his Majesty theeEtiperor is penetrated, he has or tiered that the objeas which might particularly en- • gage the enonY to profit by a favourable event, in order to make an attempt upon the capital, should be removed from Viennai in order that he may .ilexer hope that a monarchy, which with the aid of God will remain firth and stable, will ever, alarmed by menaces, ccinsent to ,a peace which compromises its existence: or its honour. '4. Thus, every citizen who, has judgment anti is the friend of his country, the only and true motive of this war. The honourable zeal wit! which hitherto every .decree,of the .government has been executed, will ncit be . belied either at the pre sent criiis, or at that which may cote hereafter..— . The task prescribe►d to us will not he happily per formed , by us, unless we shall maintain to the end the energy with which we undertook it. Let us preserve this energy, and success is certain. Who. etTr, at this great crisis, shall have constantly before 116 eyes the welfareof his country and humanity, will he able, to letive to his children, a n a hi s c hild rens ' .'children, an inheritance preferable to all the treasures of the world." _ • • "- The sensation produced by the intelligence of the last military events of Bavaria, has been such as have been expeeled from the. noble znd excel lent spirit with which the public of this town is ani mated. • " The fear that the great end of this war, the o')je.:,t.of all our hopes, and all.nur desires, cannot be ob!ained, has More strongly atieeled the inhabitants of this Capital, than the fear of seeing any part of the Empire exposed to, new dangers. This noble soli citude has been remarked every whete. " In these expressions of the most enlightened patriotism, his Majesty recognized with the most lively sanstaotion, the good sentiments of which the sub}-d, of his empire have given such memorable and since the resumption of hciti tide,. Ills Majesty is only the more disposed to rentore ad' doubts concerning the aelual state 'of thing*. " The means of the defence of the monarchy are vest and. iinmerous employed with zeal, confi dence, courage, and-the perseverance of the nation, they will be 'ads cone. ,! The diviSion of lieutenant Field-Marshal Hits lcr is.sutficiontly onsidthible ,meet ibe efforts of the Siltit»y: his , resistance will becotne mote effica cious. tail, by putting in motion the roserve, by the Position so ihes (4aftdweltr) of Wwcr Au , stria on the border of the Eon's, by the nugropn ration acid completiOn of all the preparations of de. time. " Uri the other side, the army under the imme. kale .order of his Imperial highness the Genera! in Chief has found itself obliged, after an obstinate engagement. on the banks of the Danube, to pass over to the other side of the river. This Passing over teas ezocated with perfea order, and our loss has not been more considerable than that et the enemy. The position • our army adually occupies enables it under a Chief whose right to universal confidence is so Well established, to frustrate by its enuntersoperations the ulterior operations of the enemy. " rha militia of Moravia is on its march. The Hungarian Insurreaion is rutting itself rapidly into a condition to contribute with vigour to the defence or the monarchy. " The army tinder the orders of his Imperial Highness the Archduke John has wade such deck sivo proovSii, that it CM, as circumstances may Toroire, either follOwli s prirridsue direction, or main win the other divisions of lieu army in the.most manner. This hist corps is also considerably reinforced by the militia ()linnet Austria. " The noble enthusiasm of the inhabitants of the Tyrol assures his l‘laie4ty the possession of that im portant province, and protects the central point ofall inilhary communications. The generous oilers of the faithful Tyrolese, in these latter days, promise a great result. !flte position of 'the division cointninded by Lieut. Field-Marshal ile Chastener is such, that this corps, as well as the principal artnY.of the Archduke thr, , niens the right flank of thietierny.— Wbat. it can etre& and what will beviOne in concert hi the Tytol, gale great hopes.. ‘‘ T a ditision of the army of his Royal iiislinegs the. AreiglOt; Fadtridnd has fultillisiliss primitive destination, " litth Situatkin of the monar chy tole flit- war, aticl the tini);ealant ,t,tte of our pulyt,cal rrlAtions, to which this b nne war is to set a perunt. Noy mutually beuii the ca n s o that the first theatre at ho , illities is a conotry adjoining the Iron tieri orAttswit. II his not been thought right to *mode it altogether impossible that these provinces Ini4lit by atteolte4und that the tiotopy Might even sissidettly make a she* of attack against the capital. And, in order' that in this c ifie huch a movement of Out , viten/ to Wit kat esetioss to him, his Maje,iy Juts flints OWN th 't ell the ottietha which could Marti. Wally aurae thin to the capital shoutri be remove 4 tiorn it in time, pot in a Owe of safety. Every one will perttinve that this arrangement has fit) other object thin the welfare and safety of the city. I-Li imperial Aiiiji , sty deems, that in this be again manifests the sentiments with which he was pene trated when he debated tor war.' Those sentiments will, in future, be tits iditariable principle Of his ac iikitis. Ills Majesty &Ohs that thn inintlaigants of tik! caPito4 1 601001 Lower Austria, and thiou of the tiiiiitirr proviiiees, continot to be what they have hitherto htgrl t Mir, efforts, and those of liis people, and honourable result. " By order of his Imperial, Royal, and Apes- Win Majesty, • • (Signed)' " Arlthduke RAINIR." " Vienne leth A Ka, tikp." • MAILS. flue—l GOttenburgh, Dtibiin, a Waterford. PRICE ()F. STQCKS TuZs DAY Ai iwsz.vt o'cLoCx. Consols ****** IP ow • r • 484 THE SUN. 1101.1154 411311 ►ALIUTA AUDIIAT LONDON, TnTnisrmy, mit Y BS, 1209. DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH IN PORTUGAL. It. is with the most sincetosatisfaaion that we announce to our Readers another brilliant triumph of the British Arms. At nine o'clock last oighttbe Hon. FITZROY STANHOPR arrived at LoriIessTLE REAGH'S Office, in Downing-street, with Dispatches from Sir ARTHUR WEI.I.PILRY: • tiOrd RRAGH being at that time in the House of Com mons, the Dispatches were lair= to him thet.e. A Letter was inumulia tely sent to the Logo MAYOR, and this morning the 'details were published in the following LONDON GdZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, TILLYRSDA.Y ) MAY 25- Daivning , :Sireet May 24,. 1809. A Dispatch, of' which the following is a Copy, was received this evening (tom Lieutenant-General the Right Sir. Arthur Wellesley, by Vi.count Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's princpal Secretaries of State. MY LORD, Oporto, , May 12, 1809. I had the honour 'to apprise your Lerdatiip, on the 7th instant, that I intended that the army should' march on the 9th from Coimbra to dispossess the enemy of Oporto. The advanced guard and the cavalry had marched on the 7th, and the whole had halted on' the ath to. of ;rd time for Marshal Itcresford with his corps to arrive Upon the Upper Douro. The infantry of the army was formed into three divisions for this expedition, of which two, the ad vance r guard, consisting of the Hanoverian Legion and Btigdier•General 11. Stewart's brigade, with a brigade ot six-pounders, and a brigade of 3-pounders under. Lieutenamt-Gerteral Paget, and the cavalry under Lieutenant :General Payne, and the brigade of Guards; Brigadier-General CatupbeWs and Briga dier-Gener.ll brigades of infantry, with a brigade of six-pounders, under Lieutenant -General Sherbrooke, moved by the high road from Coimbra to Oporto, and one composed of Major-General Hill's and Brigadier,Getieral Cameron's brigades of infantry and a brigade of six-pounders, under 'the command of Wfajer«Getioral Hill, bj the' rend fi. Coimbra to Aveiro. • On the loth in the morning ) before daylight, t cavalryand advanced guard crossed the Yetis with the intention to surprize And tut off fetur togirnents of French cavalry, and a battalion of infantry and artliery, cantuned,in Albotgaria Nova and the neighbouring villages, &bent elgtit miles &tau that nver, in the lost of which we failed; bet the supe riority of the British clivairy was evident throughout the day; we tot* some prisoners and their cannon from them, and the advanced guard took up the position Of 011viera. On the same day Major.Genand Hill, Alto had embarked at Mei& on the re veniitk of the gtii, arm rived at Oval, in .the rear of the enemy's right ; and the head of Lieutenant-General bherbrooke's diyi-• sion passed the Vouga on the same evening. On the i nit, the advanced guard and cavalry continued Co move on the h igh road towards Oporto, with Major-GenentiVill's nivision in .a Parailei road, which leads to Oporto fro&Ovar. Oa the arrival of .the. a_v itnced gnard at Velldn NOwai betWeth - St)litt) Reth;t2i10•01)(1 they fell . in with the outpOdisOf the ei i•lmy's advanced guard, coniiisting of about 4000 Itit.ciiitry, and some . squa. , droll" of Cavalry, strongly poired on the . 1 - JeiAlits Ibove Grijon, their (rpm beilig covered by woods and brokun grotiod. The entinv'at left flank. Wag turned by a movement well exetioted by Major• Gen. Murray, with Brigadier-Gen. La mworth's brigade of the HanOverian legion ; while t:ie 16th Pi.ntugueso . regiment of atigadier-Generat Richard Btewart's brigade attacked their right, and the rine men of the 05th, and the fiat* COMplinies - of the nth, 43d, and Mad of the same brsacie, under Major Way, att*Cited the inrantry in the woods and vit.., laps in their centre. These attacks seen obliged the enemy to give way; and the Hon. Brigadiel-General Charles Stewart led two squadrons of the It3th mid 201, goons, under the ctuntuand at I' I jar 111,ke, in ptir. tioit of the enemy, and dc#troyed .01st y, and to: , k =Joy prisonerq, Douro, and destroyed the bridge over that river. It was important, with a view to the operations of Marshal Beresford, that j should cross the Douro immediately ; and I had stiiit Major-General Mur ray ill.the morning with a= battalion of the Hallo veilin Legion, a squadron of cavalry, aria s two six pounders, to endeavour to canal boats, and, if pos sible, to cross the river at Ovintas about four miles above Oporto ; and I hid as many &oats as could be colle&ed brought to the ferry, immediately above the towns of Oporto and Villa Nova. The ground oh the right bank of the river at this ferry is protected and commanded by the fire of cannons placid on the height of the Sierra Convent at Villa Nova, and there appeared to be a good position fur our troops on the opposite side of the river, till they !should be collated in sufficient numbers. The enemy took no notice of our colleaion of boats, or the embarkation of the troops, till.after the first battalion (the Buff's) were landed, and had taken up their position under the conunand of Lieutenant- General Paget On the opposite side of the river. .They then commenced an attack upon them, with' a large body of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, under the command of Marshal Soult, which that corps most gallantly sustained, till supported, suc cessively by the 48th and 66th regiments, belonging to MajOr-General Hill's brigade, and a Portuguese battalion, and afterwards by the first battalion of detachments belonging to Brigadier-General Richard Stetvrt's brigade. . Lieutenant• General Pagel was unfortunately wOunded soon after the attack commenced, when the command of these gallant troops devolved upon Major-General Hill. At Iff , ugh . the French made repeateckattacks upon them, they made no impreslion, and at ,ld,t Major- Gvneral Murray having appeared on the enemy's lctt flai.k, on his march from Ovintre, where he had cros%el, antt Lieutenant-General Sherbrooke, v:ho by this time had availed himself of the enemy's %teak ness in the town of Oporto, and, had crossed the Douro at the ferry, between the towns of Villa Nova and Oporto, having appeared upon the right with the brigade of Guards, and , the ?DO) , regiment, the whole retired in the utmost confusiotitowards Ama ranthe, leaving behind them five pieces of cannon, eight ammunition tumbrils, and many prisoners. The enemy's loss in killed and wounded in this action has been very large, and they have left behind them in Oporto 700 sick and wounded. Brigadier-General the HonourabinCharies Stewart then direCted a charge by et squadron of, the 14th dragdons, under the command of Major Harvey, who made a successful attack on the enemy's rear guard. In the different actions with the enemy , of which I have above given your Lordship an account we have lost some, and the immediate services of other valuable Officers and Soldiers. . In Lieutenaht-General Paget, among the latter, have lost the assistance of a friend, who had been 'most useful to inc in the few days which had elapsed since he had joined the army. He had rendered a most important Krvice at the moment he'reeeived his wound in taking.un the po sition which the troops afterwards maintained, and in bearing the first brunt of the enemy's attack. Major Hervey also distinguished himself at the moment he received his wound in the charge of the cavalry on this day. I cannot say too much in favour of thvofficers and troops. 'They have marched in four days over eighty miles of the most difficult country, have gained many portant positions, and have engaged and defeated three different bodies of the enemy's troops. I beg particularly to draw your Lordship's ,etten- Lion to the condtx& of -Lieut.-General Paget, Major- General Murray, l Major-General Hill,- Lieutenant- General Sherbrooke, Brigadier-General the Hon.. Charles Steirart, Lientenant-Colone? Delancey, De put v. auarter-Master-General, end. Capoin Mellish; Afisistatit-Adj uta at-General, ter:the assistance , they , respectively rendered General Stewart in the charge of the cavalry this day, arid ori the t I th, Major Colin Campbell, Assistant-Adjutant-General, fur the aS,istance he rendered Major-General Hill in thede..... fence Of his post, and Brigadier-Gen, Stewart in the charge of the cavalry this day, and Brigade-Major' Fordyce, Capt. Corry, and Capt. Hill, for the assist ance, theY'sendered Gen. Hill. I have also to request your Lerdship's,attenlion to the condat Of ihe rifierueth and of the flank'core- pilules of the 291 h, .43:1, and .52d regiments, urOer the command of Major Way of the 29th, and that of the 16th Portoguese regiment, corntnandvd by Colonel MaChado, of which Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle is Lieutenant-Colonel; and that of the bri gade of the Hanoverian legion, under the command of Brigadier-General Lane/till); and that of the two scriadrons of the t 6th and t , oth Light Dragoont, under the command of Major Make of the Guth, in Mei action ot. ; the I.tth ; and the =dna of the tnond ; the 48th, commanded by Colonet Duck worth, and 66th commanded by . Major Murray who was wounded; and of the squadron of the 14th Dragoons under the command of Major Hervey, in the action of this day. I have received the greatest assistance from the Adjutant-General and Quarter-Master General Co lonel Murray, and from all the Officers belonging to those departments respedively throughout the service, as well as from Lieutenant-Colonel Bathurst and the Officers of my personal Staff, and I have every reason to be satisfied with the artillery and Officers of engineers. I-send this dispatch by Captain Stanho'pe, whom I beg to recommend to your Lordship's proteaion his brother the Honourable Major Stanhope was unfortunately wounded. by a sabre whilst leading a charge of the 16th Light Dragoons on the I oth inSt• 1 have the honour to be, tic. (Signed) ARTHUR WEL LESLEY. A bstraa of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, in adion with the Advanced Posts of she trench Amy at berpria Nuva, the loth May, 1809. • None killed ; t Major, z Rank and tile, wouded ; t Rank and File, missing—Total, 4. Name of Officer wounded. Hon. Major Lincoln Stanhope, of the 16th thagoons, slightly wounctCd in tile sheulUer. • Abstraa et Killed, %Vauntled, and Missing, in the Army der the CW111)1414 of Lieutenant-General 6ir Arthur %N C i. lestey, in the Action on the Heights of Grijon, on the lath May, 'BO9. t 9 killca , 63 wounded, 14 missing.-.-'rot:.l 95. Names of Officers killed and wounded. 16th Light Dragoons—Captain Wounded :light. ly • Lieutenant Tonikinsoit, tst Hitt. Detachments—Cap 4111 ( ) %veriS, Stith Foot, votind • et! • Lieutenant‘Voodgizte, - Std I not, ,severely wountiLd. tst Batt. King's Geramn Legion—Captain Dehinting, lolled. 2d Ditto—Captain Lstigrelin, severely wounded. Ritie Corps Kaug's German Legion-- Lieutenant Lotidcrt, wounded. A bstratt of Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Army tin. der Liattenant.General Sir Anhur lVellesley, in action with the French Army under the command...of Marshal Suult, in the p.tssage of the oouro, cm the catiOlay, :809. aj Rank and File killed; z General and Stalk 011icers, 3 Majors, a Captains, 3 Lieutenants, I Serjeaot, 83 Rank and File, wounded ; 2 Rank and Hie, tnissing. . "Total-23 killed, 96.wourided, 2 missing-124 Names of Officers Killed, Wounded, anti , Missing. Lieutenant General Paget lost his arm, but doing well., Captain Hill, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Hill, slightly. 1 4th Light Dragoons—Nlajor Harvey lost his right arm, bttt doing well ; Capt. Hawker and Lieut. Knipe, slightly. 3d.foot—Lieutenain Monaghan, slightly. 48th Foot, ad Batt.—Major t rs arse , slighty. (6th . Foot,. ad Batt.—Majw Murray, severely in the arm; Captain Binning, slightly. 10)14 fingtneers— irst Lieutenant Hamilton, severely._ • - Oporto, May 13, 1809. Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, Carriages, and ordnance Suare4„ &c. dre. taken iu the Arett.dut Quartierr St. Ovie do, on the I:.th May, 'Seg. • Brus guns French, the crimges broken to pieces -- ID t welve ' pounders, is eight-pounders, 18 lbur-poundcrs,- 16 Ow. pounders. Brass howitzers French, one carriage good--2 eight-inch, six-inch. • French caissons -4 serviceable, 36 unserviceable. pact whole barrels at hnglisii gunpumkr.- 3po,cus• English musket earrridhes. Stand lOW nine-pounticra, 256 eighteen., nownletir tstrolve..poututers,' 6;6 eiglii-pouni.lars, Oro tour. }launders, 200 ihree,pounuers. Shells-400 Goo flannel cartridges. Case shot — ' Izo six-inch howitzers. Wheels good-8 gull:, 3c) lick" witzers, curs. 6o handspikeb, t 2 tarpaulins, 3030 French flints, La slow matches, zoo sponges, andlo copper ladles. ' G. HOWARTFI, Brig. Gen. koyal Nurse Artillery. 14 addition to the intelligence contained in OF Gazette, we understand that a night after the Jo t valeta 4urne of our parties were sent forward to hat rags the Enemyi and to ascertain the direBlQP they were taking. The French were retreating in gre at . confusion, and were destroying every thing that:co nla impede their flight. Duciag the course of the n ight they blew up several ammunition waggons and tnn" brill, and spiked and buried several pieces of cannon. General BETIRSI7OBD has taken the road to Cbiwes'i and General WaLtmeY to Braga, so that the e* My will be constauti.v hot - used in their retreat; deed there is every reason to hope that the vin° l° army will be destroyed before it reaches the (rondo s of Portugal.. Thin morning we received Dutch Papers of Tu es.• da) ., •last,.ftom which we have:onlytirne to make tlj e following extra% 14. , ,Cap0 d'lstria' surrendered tit seven o'clock last night - , after having iiireedays.,o7 fended itself with the Utmost vigour.. Daring ' ll ,l CapitulatiOn, an' English Frigate, whicbi clltaioted with the Ciraunisianee that, the tOwo .4 .' as • • capitulating; fired 'about . 0)44 , shot on 11 . 10 0,4, i wi'fich, however, is but little damaged. WARSAW," MAY 3.;:--A: Previsional Goverarn!li ba3 been fbrmed in' this c.ity'l Count Si'. JuL j IAN at 'the head of the' Civil Authorities; and Gclle rA Boron THANTRAIIISRO bag beep appointed Gover' L !` i of. Warsaw. , ..• generol Prince PONIATOWSKI has, published an .., count of the battle of Ratzgn, of the . 19th - 01.145 ' mouth, according to which the loss 'of the Pt)l es ' Preach, and &ions, amounted 450 killed, 9° ° . .wounded; and 32 taken prisoneti.• jesiert c• tachment of Anstrian-horse arrived in Wechair . and this day 3000 foot are elpe' tied on their marc h to Kati3h, P° 34 .: 4 9 . MAY 3.--The bridge head of Go ry 0 11 . s. yesterday parried with the bayonet by we' Geileral Scii A GiNtZ K army. 'file Geo r3l manded the at tack, anti "covered bitn,sel I i'Yji gl °r Y"-', Fifteen hundred . prisoners were , takeit, arid .11to°.‘1 pieces of cannon. The General,of Cl 3 ROTH Wk hardly able to" etleckli4 - efq"t, t